The Dickinson press., 1887-10-29
Coal is selling at slo.5o at Sun River

The Manitoba's gross enrnings for Sept
TENDER amounted to $847, O0O, an increase
Of $2s, 900 over September, 1885.
Butte, NJ. r., will hereafter be lighted
by gas light. The city council has just
entered into a five years. contract with
the gas company.
The Red river at St. Vincent is frozen
over, two persons crossing on the ice
from Pembina Monday morning. This is
the earliest crossing for many years.
DR.. Guernon, United States collector
of customs at st. Vincent, will act for
the Canadian Pacific railroad In arrang-
ing the transfer of freight at Winnipeg
instead of at Emerson, as heretofore. A
United States customs inspector will be
appointed at Winnipeg.
The Indian gardens at the Grow agency
have yielded very large crops this season.
The Indians have more potatoes than
they can use, and are selling them at low
figures. Gen. Williamson, the agent, has
in his own garden over 100, 900 pounds Of
potatoes and $4,000 pounds Of oats.
An oil well with a flow of 1870 barrels
an hour has been struck in Butler county,
Pennsylvania.
During the week ending Oct. % the
mints issued standard silver dollars to
the number of 9S3, 461.
An Antwerp steamer has arrived at
Tangier with a large quantity of NUM-
lions of war for the Moorish government.
Mr.. A. j. Drexel, the Philadelphia
banker, says the stories that have been
published about a stringency in the money
market have been greatly exaggerated.
He speaks encouragingly of the business
outlook for the coming year.
The visible supply of wheat in this
country last Saturday was s. ,S08, 584
bushels; of corn Z, 1924, 491 bushels, and Of
oats $3.50, 6s5 bushels. A year ago the
stock of wheat in sight was IS, 1874, 100
bushels; of corn 10, 4 8 $40, and of oats
5,35S, $40 bushels.
1t is reported that five of the best base
ball players of the Western and North
western leagues have signed with Pitts
burg for next year.
John H. Cameron, Of Dakota, was ar
rested at St. Cloud, Mimi, while drunk
on the street and placed in Jail. He was
shortly after taken sick and died. He
has a brother at Grafton.
The city council Of Hastings, MINI,
have appropriated 5000 to aid in pros
pecting for natural gas. r. G. Libby il
doing the work, and in case gas is found
the city gets a one-fourth interest.
There is a scheme on foot among st.
Louis millers to form an elevator trust.
The object of the trust is to steady the
cash market and place the St. Louis mil
lers OF an equal footing with those Of
Minneapolis.
Tuesday occurred the election fol-
mayor at Devils Lake, OAK, and G. n.
Hansbrough, on the citizens ticket, wa,
elected. He is the first mayor the city
ever had, and the citizens turned out and
gave him q serenade.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, paid to teachers
during the past year $3O,775.l7.
Sixty thousand dollars has been sub.
scribed to build a Masonic temple al
Davenport, Iowa.
A dozen Chicago packing-houses are
nov Strengthening hogs, and in the course
of the next ten days eighteen will be al
work.
An attempt will be made to unite al
the coal-miners of the country in a na
tional organization. They number about
$50, 1000 men.
The state officials Of Indiana have be
gun a war against certain mutual insur
ance companies that are charged with
carrying on O fraudulent business. Al
attempt will be made to drive them out
of the state.